Episode #184. Will there be anything special?
“About an hour a day is enough sleep for me.”
“That would be a day or two. You haven’t been able to sleep properly for three months already, have you?”
Lucas couldn’t hide his concern.
Of course, the princess of the Seven Dragons is different from an ordinary human being from birth.
It is possible to perfectly control one’s own condition just by using the powerful psionics that one is born with.
However, no matter how much it is, if you haven’t slept properly for over three months, there can be no adverse effects.
In the first place, it was absurd that the princess of the Seven Dragons was suffering from insomnia.
“How about going to the doctor as well?”
“Sir Lucas is well aware that there is nothing wrong with my body.”
“Just because your body is healthy doesn’t mean you’re okay, princess.”
“If it is a problem outside the body, it is useless to seek treatment. It is not a body that can be treated with medicine anyway.”
Rose said calmly.
And he continued, looking straight at Lucas with eyes as deep and heavy as a lake.
“Above all, this is not the time for me to rest.”
It should be after you finish all the work that you are going to rest.
Contrary to her beautiful and slender appearance, Lucas looked at Rose, who spoke with a strong tone, and eventually let out a sigh.
“If that’s what the princess wants, I won’t recommend further treatment. However, please remember that many other members of the family, including me, are worried about the princess.”
Was it because he felt that sincere concern?
Rose smiled again and nodded.
“Thank you for your concern. For the sake of Sir Lucas, I will take a break whenever possible from now on.”
“Please don’t forget those words.”
Even though he smiled wryly because he knew what the ‘rest of the possible’ would be like, Lucas withdrew from his seat in the end.
If that was the will of the princess, it was the natural duty as a family to follow.
But in the end, Lucas’ worries were met.
After he left, Rose didn’t take a break. Instead, she went through the paperwork and thought about what she was going to do today.
‘There are a lot of reports piled up, but as long as I deal with the urgent ones right away, I can handle the rest late at night.’
‘Today, let’s look around the Thames River.’
‘Oh, it would be nice to stop by the nursery school over there for a while. Then I should bring some items to donate when I go.’
‘I think I should give instructions to pay more attention to the guests of the Magus Guild…’
Rose suddenly rubbed her eyes.
As Lucas worried, the aftereffects of chronic sleep deprivation made her feel tired.
Still, she did not rest.
no i couldn’t rest
No matter how much she tried to close her eyes and rest, her nerves on edge for the past few months did not allow her to rest or sleep.
My eyes were heavy, my body and head were tired, and I couldn’t sleep even though I had a headache.
But Rose didn’t care.
As always, I controlled my biological functions with psionics to forcibly remove fatigue and looked at the report.
It was then.
It was then that a vague sound came to her ears, which had been sensitive enough to become sensitive from fatigue.
Giing.
‘This…?’
Rose carelessly looked back.
Then, through the wide open window, he nodded his head, grasping the melody of the instrument flowing from the garden.
‘Is that Miss Julia? He borrowed a violin and went straight to practice.’
I brought the best player, so please lend me the best violin.
Rose, who smiled faintly at the thought of the woman who confidently asked for it, pondered for a moment.
Close the window or not.
Just by closing this soundproofed window, this inaudible violin sound would be cut off neatly.
‘At this level, there’s no need to close it.’
In the end, Rose chose neglect.
I don’t know if the sound is too loud.
Although it was a bit annoying, it wasn’t too unpleasant, and there was nothing wrong with checking the performance beforehand.
Rose listened to the blurry performance in one ear and signed the report.
– Giiing.
‘…what?’
Rose was taken aback.
And he made a puzzled expression.
It wasn’t just because he couldn’t figure out why he was inadvertently shivering.
It was because of another blurry melody that naturally overlapped on top of Julia’s performance, which resonated as if it could not be heard.
‘Is this… the musician that Julia brought?’
It’s obviously the same violin playing.
Rose was genuinely amazed by the surprisingly different sounding melody.
‘I can say with confidence that she is the best performer.’
I didn’t really listen to the performance, I just overheard fragments of broken melodies in the maze of gardens.
It’s just that you can feel such a clear difference.
It was to the point where I wondered how great a performer he could be to play like this.
‘Not bad.’
Anyway, Rose was satisfied.
I wondered if it would be okay since time was running out, but it seemed that this would not have ruined the important event.
But she didn’t realize it.
The fact that she, who used to feel uncomfortable at even the tiniest sound because of her nerves on edge due to lack of sleep, now feels no discomfort whatsoever.
Rather, a certain strange comfort relieves sensitive nerves.
It is also the fact that his eyelids are coming down before he knew it.
‘Yeah, not bad.’
Without even realizing it, she quietly closed her eyes and surrendered herself to the vague melody coming from the garden.
gradually.
very little
Smart
enough to get back to work as soon as I open my eyes….
“Princess, I have something to report to you.”
“Come in.”
Rose reflexively opened her eyes.
Lucas, the knight in fancy armor, came through the door again and spoke to her in a serious voice.
“As you instructed, we have finished reorganizing the budget for next month.”
“You mean already?”
“Yes, it was ordered by the princess, so thanks to the treasurer working right away, the organization was finished faster than expected.”
“…I should thank Elder Coulange.”
Even though she said it casually, Rose was puzzled inside.
Elder Coulange was certainly an excellent treasurer, but it was strange that he had completed the compilation of such a vast budget in a matter of minutes.
‘Did you think I would give you this kind of instructions and organized them in advance?’
When Rose murmured in her heart, “It’s like an elder with deep experience.”
Lucas let out a sigh.
“Princess, of course, you are free to decide how long you want to rest, but isn’t this too much?”
“…?”
“Haven’t you been processing paperwork ever since I left?”
“What do you mean by that?”
“I’m telling you to get some rest.”
Rose was bewildered.
Of course, it was true that she hadn’t been able to sleep properly lately and was working hard.
But even so, there was no reason to have to listen to these words again just because I saw a brief report.
For some reason, as if judging her reaction as pretentious, Lucas opened his mouth as if lamenting.
“If you skip meals and keep working until evening, even a princess will get tired if you keep doing this.”
“What is that…?”
It was still midday, but Rose, who was about to casually ask what she was talking about, hesitated.
It was only then that he realized that Lucas’ face was strangely red as he looked at him with concern.
Rose looked back.
And I blankly blinked my eyes.
It was a sky where the sun was floating in mid-heaven a while ago.
It was because I couldn’t understand why the sky was dyed red with the sunset.
“Of course I understand that the princess is busy. But… please… sometimes… you have to give it…”
“…”
It’s been a while since Lucas nagged and advised me for doing too much work.
After finally letting him go, Rose, now alone, thought involuntarily.
I feel like I’m under magic.
Of course it couldn’t be.
It is possible for a legendary witch or an adult to cast a time-skip spell on her, the Blue Dragon Princess.
Even against her in the Countess Sea Serpent, it was impossible for anyone.
Then there was only one conclusion.
‘It must have been a lot of fatigue from falling asleep while reading the report.’
Rose smiled bitterly.
It would be absurd for a master of the Seven Dragons to fall asleep while working.
The fact that she and no one else fell asleep was something everyone else and even Rose herself would consider a joke.
That’s why Lucas just thought that she had been working on paperwork for a long time today.
He couldn’t have imagined that Rose would be dozing.
‘It’s embarrassing.’
It’s a relief that no one noticed that she was dozing in the office at this time, as she had a lot of time to move around.
If someone caught me, I wouldn’t be able to lift my face.
‘What are you going to do about this anyway? I had a lot of work to do today…’
Rose looked at the sky after sunset with complicated eyes.
She used to split her time, but she just blew half a day off because she was dozed off.
How to fill this void.
It was just embarrassing.
‘I can’t help it. I have no choice but to transfer the unfinished patrol to tomorrow and finish the other work overnight.’
Staying up all night anyway. It always happened.
Besides, it wasn’t my intention, but since I was able to get a good night’s sleep after a while, staying up all night for a few days shouldn’t be a problem.
Rose reorganized her schedule on the premise of not sleeping at all for a while.
And I thought as I signed the documents that I had left unattended for nearly half a day.
I just made a mistake today because of the fatigue accumulated for a long time, and I said that this would never happen again.
– Giiing.
so the next day.
Same office, same chair.
There are a lot of paperwork that I haven’t even touched, let alone paid for.
Waking up after sleeping for half a day again, she could only mutter with a bewildered face as she looked at the sky dyed red with the sunset just like yesterday.
“…why?”
* * *
[By the way, is the manager really okay?]
‘What do you mean?’
[Plays the violin. The princess sister asked me to refrain if possible. Especially in front of the Blue Dragon clan.]
‘That’s because I’m afraid that my violin will be considered suspicious because it’s so unusual. It’s just an ordinary violin, so it doesn’t matter.’
[That’s true.]
‘Besides, you can’t infiltrate as a musician and not play.’
Limon laughed.
And today, like yesterday, I cleaned up the violin I had practiced and put it in the case, muttering in my heart.
‘Don’t worry too much. What kind of big thing should happen just by playing a little?’
[…well, the team leader has a good sense of humor. If it seemed to be a problem, you must have noticed it yesterday.]
Yuna-kyung understood that.
But she, of course, didn’t even know the sword master, Limon.
That something so trivial that he didn’t even notice a problem could be an event that a princess needs to wrap her head around.
